![]() Steve Patrick ( English, My Little Pony: Dragonfire) Kira Buckland ( English, My Little Pony: Power Ponies) Princess Cadance (adoptive sister-in-law) the Dragon, Princess Spike, Sparkle-warkle, Dragon Lord Spike, Spike the Hilarious, Spike the Mighty, Precious Pants, DJ Scales-n-Tail, Sp ( The Periodic Table of My Little Pony), Real Stone Spike Huffy the Magic Dragon, Spikey-wikey, Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Crash, Peewee, Spikey-poo, Hum Drum, Spikey-boo, Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious, Mr. ![]() Golden Oak Library, Ponyville (season 1 to 4)Ĭouncil of Friendship member (as of S9E26) All in all, very mediocre and Season 3's worst.Spike's dog form, as he appears in My Little Pony Equestria Girls Their designs have an eeriness but stylistically they do not gel well at all with the rest of the animation (another out of place aspect), and characterisation-wise they became more goofy than menacing. As for the Timberwolves, they are pretty much wasted. The whole dragon code thing felt under-explored and silly and the ending is a big anti-climax. As well as paced erratically, sometimes over-stretched due to the plot being too thin and at other times jumpy. It, the story that is, is very cobbled together feeling, and like it was an idea intended for something else (this did not feel like a 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' episode). ![]() The tone is very muddled and like the writers were not sure how to approach the material and like they were trying to fit in every mood they could find. Here he is useless at everything he does and to the story itself and his incompetence, emphasised far too heavily, is not funny or relatable and is actually very annoying. Spike is neither of those things and as a result "Spike at Your Service" just doesn't work. For an episode centered around him, if the character is not interesting or likeable the episode sort of fails. Cannot really say the same for Spike, the character's only redeeming merit here was Weseluck's game voice work. And the Mane 6 are very well characterised, especially Rarity (one of the most consistently written ponies in Season 3 for the same reasons as the other episodes where she shines) and Applejack (true to character unlike the previous episode). Loved the character interaction throughout and the voice acting is very good all round (Spike was not a good character here but Cathy Weseluck's voice work was fine). There are some amusing jokes here and there, like with Pinkie Pie and the moustache. The music never jars or gets over-scored or overused (bugbears of mine when it comes to music in film etc.). Most of the animation is great, with vibrant atmospheric colour and rich detail. Am going to start talking about those moments. ![]() Although "Spike at Your Service" certainly has its moments, it had all of those problems. It also at least didn't have anything visually jarring or butchered any central characters as much. May not have liked how that episode handled its subject and the characters and the Mane 6 are generally better characterised in this episode, but at least the storytelling in that episode wasn't anywhere near as messy, the tone as much of a muddle or as erratically paced. "Spike at Your Service" is down there as among the worst and a contender for the worst episode of Season 3. The quality of Spike-centric episodes also vary, there are a small group of very good ones but the worst of his episodes are some of the show's worst. He can be funny and charming where one saw his flaws and strengths, but also annoying when any negative traits were taken to extremes and not particularly competently. Not the voice work mind you, but the writing. Of all the lead/regular characters of 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic', Spike has always struck me as the one that was characterised least consistently. ![]()
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